Topic 1: Lesson 1 and 2 Practice

|-20|

• 20
• -20

| –3 |

• 3
• -3
• 0.30
• 30

What's a way to define absolute value?

• The value of a number
• The opposite of a number
• The distance of a number from zero
• The multiplicative inverse of a number

What is the reason that absolute value is always written as a positive?

• Absolute value is talking about numbers so it must be positive.
• Absolute value does not always have to be positive.
• Absolute value is like a clock it has only positive numbers.
• Absolute value is talking about distance, distance is always measured by positive numbers.

Compare |-5| to the |-10|

• |-5| > |-10|
• |-5| = |-10|
• |-5| < |-10|

What is the absolute value of |572|.

• 275
• -572
• 57
• 572

The absolute value of -3 is the distance between:

• 3 and -3 on the number line
• -3 and 0 on the number line
• 1 and 3 on the number line
• 1 and -3 on the number line

The absolute value of |3| is -3.

• True
• False

what is the absolute value of -|14|?

• 14
• 21
• 33
• -14

What is the absolute value of |55|?

• -55
• 45
• 55
• --55